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Come help make the garden even prettier–Tea in the Garden is coming soon! Workday this Saturday January 19th from 9am to 12pm. Snacks and Light Lunch provided as usual. See you then!
Black-Eyed Peas and Collard Greens
Black-eyed Peas and Collard Greens…start 2013 with great taste! Stop by the Garden on New Year’s Day between 11am-12:30pm, lunch is on us. Take a Garden tour and see what’s new in the New Year!
The Fruitful Field 2012 in Pictures
Enjoy browsing our photos from 2012! Great Community Gardening, Food Pantry plots, Veggie Rows and Work Days…and nearly 1000 pounds of produce harvested! If you’d like to support the garden go to thefruitfulfield.org and click on ‘Donate Now’ to make an end of year gift. …
Workday this Saturday December 15th
This Saturday (Dec 15th) is our Garden workday. Work times are from 9:00 to noon with snacks and a light lunch. Projects include building more rows, potting figs and generally working outside in our great Florida winter weather! See you in the garden!
Honey available (for a small donation) on December 15th!
Yes, It’s finally true.
The next batch of Fruitful Field raw honey is bottled in 8oz containers and ready for you to taste…or give to your lovely family and friends over the holidays!
This is a great batch–bright golden yellow and super sweet with a peppery finish. Brought to you by the busy bees who pollinate the garden’s vegetables and trees.
Honey jars are available for in-person pick up starting this Saturday, December 15th from 9:00 am to noon at the garden. Amounts are extremely limited and are available for a $20 minimum donation per honey jar, with a maximum of 2 honey jars per contributor.
Make plans now to ‘bee’ there on Saturday, and ‘bee’ happy!
Speaking at the ECHO Agricultural Conference
What’s Flavio from the Fruitful Field been up to this week? Presenting at ECHO’s Global Agricultural Conference in Ft. Myers, he presented on the social dynamics of successful Community gardens. Conference link
Limited Honey by Donation coming soon
We have some Buzz…so Bee alert…a limited batch of golden elixir honey is on it’s way in time for the holidays! Keep your eyes on this space….
Saturday=Nov 18th=3rd Saturday=Garden Workday. See you there!
9am to noon this Saturday. Rows, planting corn, planting sunflowers.
Beautiful Fall Open House
What a great day yesterday! Thanks to everyone who came out. Check out the slideshow below. Lots of sunshine, smiles, and growing going on. Enjoy!
Gardening in Bean and Rice bags
Zion 7th Graders were working in the garden this morning: This was one of their projects– bag gardens, pretty neat!
For more information on how these gardens are used in Africa check out this link!
http://www.cowfiles.com/african-gardens/bag-gardens
http://www.cowfiles.com/
Saturday, October 20th: Garden Workday!
Move dirt, mulch trees, care for vegetables, help make the growing season great! The S. Florida weather is finally cooling off–what a great time to be outside helping a great cause. We’ll get ready for our Fall Open House as well! Where: The Fruitful Field …